Francisco Cerundolo and Joao Sousa will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.42
Joao Sousa -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-25 | 12-8 | 21-11 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Cerundolo got to the qualifications after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-65 6-3). During the match, Cerundolo scored 72 points vs Nishioka’s 65. Francisco was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 62% of his first serves in, winning 60% (25/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Nishioka 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Cerundolo has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (225-93). 15-6 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a compiled205-81 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Francisco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 22-11 win-loss record in 2022, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Joao reached the qualifications after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Joao had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-2 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 68 points vs Mcdonald’s 54. Joao was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa scored 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joao Sousa was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sousa broke Mcdonald 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Pune where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Sousa has an overall 15-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 |
| Pts | 72-65 | 68-54 |
| Total Points | 137 | 122 |
| Winners | 25 | 31 |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% |
Both Cerundolo and Sousa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cerundolo and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cerundolo played 4 games more than Sousa. The Argentine scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese bagged 31 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 41/55 |
| %1st in | 62% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 57% |
Cerundolo bagged 2 aces . Sousa recorded 3 aces . Cerundolo won 60% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Cerundolo broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cerundolo lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Cerundolo | |||
| Q1 Nishioka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-65 | 72-65 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Mcdonald | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 68-54 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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